After being forced to marry as a substitute, I became famous in the limbo

Chapter 16 The Hairpin Auction ([-])
Everyone looked at the emperor and saw that he was still sitting upright without making any statement, so another court lady in yellow tentatively opened her mouth.

"15 taels." Another palace lady in yellow said timidly.

"20 taels." The crowd gradually became active, and the oppressive atmosphere was swept away.

"25 taels."

"30 taels!"

Jiang Ning looked at the crowd bidding with a smile on his face, and at the same time looked at the hairpins on the table, his heart was full of joy.

As the bidding continued to rise, the price on the field was called up to 500 taels all the way.

During this process, Mu Jingzhao sat upright all the time, looking at the peacock feather hairpin on the table from time to time, without saying a word.

There were only two people left to participate in the bidding, one was Lu Feng, and the other, Jiang Ning remembered, seemed to be someone from the Queen's Palace.

"Five hundred and fifty taels!"

When Lu Feng yelled these words, Zhe Liu felt his heart tremble.

She clearly remembered that she had confiscated all of Lu Feng's money, how could he still have so much money?

"600 taels!" The price went up again.

Among the crowd, the court lady in Tsing Yi called out the price with a leisurely expression.

Jiang Ning was almost certain that the money she actually brought was far more than she had imagined.

The surrounding palace people who had withdrawn from the bidding all watched the excitement and discussed in low voices. They never expected that the empress, who has always been simple, would have a special liking for this peacock feather hairpin.

Only Zheliu was the only one who almost fainted from Lu Feng's constantly raising prices.

"700 taels!" Lu Feng raised his hand again.

Zhe Liu even started to pinch his own people.

The maid in Tsing Yi seemed to have lost her patience, she just called out shallowly, "5000 taels."

The crowd fell silent for a moment, and some even gasped.

Although the people in the palace have never been short of money to spend, 5000 taels is really a huge sum of money that many low-level palace people in the palace would never dare to imagine in their entire lives.

Jiang Ning felt that his face was going to be sore from laughter.

Those grievances of climbing the wall late at night and being exposed to the wind and sun disappeared in an instant.

"Six, six—" Lu Feng had just opened his mouth to say a word, but was blocked back by life.

Really couldn't bear to watch his sweetheart go bankrupt, so he rushed to Lu Feng's side and covered Lu Feng's mouth.

"I already know what you mean, don't waste money anymore!"

Under the threat of the broken willow, Lu Feng's struggling movements gradually calmed down.

The maid in Tsing Yi looked at Zhe Liu and Lu Feng, who were twisted together, and smiled with confidence in her victory.

Jiang Ning no longer cared about Lu Feng and the two of them, she stretched out her hand to pat her face stiff with laughter, stood up, and reached out to pick up the peacock feather hairpin on the table.

"This peacock feather hairpin was made by me personally, and it carries the blessings of the Bodhisattva and the love between me and the emperor."

Jiang Ning glanced at Mu Jingzhao guiltily, and saw that there was nothing strange in his expression, so he continued to speak.

"Now that 5000 taels of silver have been auctioned, is there a higher price?"

She scanned the audience, and everyone clutched the purses around their waists, lowering their heads timidly.

The crowd fell silent.

"5000 taels—"

"5000 two times—"

"Is there anyone else willing to bid a higher price for this hairpin? A hairpin that can bring good luck—"

However, no matter what Jiang Ning said, the palace people lowered their heads and said nothing.

Jiang Ning knew that this was far beyond the tolerance of the palace people, so he no longer insisted.

"One hundred two or three—"

Jiang Ning raised the board high.

"1 taels." From the crowd, a calm and prestige voice sounded calmly, and Jiang Ning's hand that was about to fall was firmly stuck in place.

"Hahahaha good!" Jiang Ning felt that her waist was broken from laughing, she sat down with difficulty on the chair, and raised her eyes to the direction of the voice.

From the source of the voice, Mu Jingzhao was staring at her intently.

The palace maid in Tsing Yi followed the prestige, and when her eyes touched Mu Jingzhao's figure, she lowered her head embarrassingly and stopped speaking.

Jiang Ning was stunned for a moment, and then he didn't even think about it, and stepped down decisively, for fear that Mu Jingzhao would suddenly regret it.

"Let's congratulate the emperor, who bought this peacock feather hairpin at a price of 1 taels!"

There was thunderous applause in the crowd, and the crowd began to whisper, expressing Mu Jingzhao's love for Jiang Ning.

Holding the wooden box in both hands, she walked up to Mu Jingzhao, knelt down, and held the hairpin in front of Mu Jingzhao.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty."

Mu Jingzhao reached out and put the wooden box away.

Jiang Ning grabbed Mu Jingzhao's arm, pulled him up from the chair, and stood facing the palace.

"Everyone congratulate the emperor!"

The applause was like thunder. In front of the crowd, Jiang Ning and Mu Jingzhao stood side by side, like a pair of wall people.

Jiang Ning nodded appreciatively to Zhe Liu and Lu Feng, cleared his throat and said.

"The emperor is sympathetic to his servants. In order to thank the emperor for his kindness, I specially took 1000 taels from the silver obtained from today's auction and distributed it to everyone as rewards!"

There was a cheer from the crowd.

Everyone knelt down in unison, shouting loudly, "Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you, Your Majesty!"

Jiang Ning suppressed his voice and bumped Mu Jingzhao's arm, "1 taels of silver will buy the obedience and love of everyone in the palace, and I will also give you a hairpin as a gift."

She tilted her head and smiled brightly and brilliantly, "How about it, isn't it a loss?"

Mu Jingzhao raised his eyebrows at her, and there seemed to be a thousand words in those eyebrows.

But Jiang Ning, who was in bliss at this time, didn't want to think about it, "Remember to give me the silver! You are the emperor, and you promise everything!"

After she finished speaking, she went back to her seat and sat down.

She picked up the tea and barely swallowed the ecstasy that filled her heart.

"Since that's the case, let's do it like this today." Jiang Ning raised the plank high and was about to drop it.

At this moment, Mu Jingzhao got up from the bench, holding a peacock feather hairpin, and walked slowly towards Jiang Ning.

Her hand holding the board froze in place for an instant, and the noisy crowd also held their breath for an instant.

Seeing Mu Jingzhao approaching him step by step, Jiang Ning secretly felt bad.

Could it be that he repented and wanted to take back the 1 taels of silver?
Jiang Ning widened his eyes and waved his hands again and again, "Once sold, it will not be refunded or exchanged!"

Mu Jingzhao didn't answer, but still walked forward slowly. He opened the wooden box and handed it to Jiang Ning.

"I see my concubine living a poor life, and my heart aches unceasingly. I really can't bear it. Today I bought this hairpin and gave it to my concubine. I only hope that my concubine can smile."

Mu Jingzhao reached into the wooden box with his bony hands, took out the hairpin and twisted it on his fingertips.

"Can I personally put on the hairpin for my beloved concubine?"

Holding the hairpin, Mu Jingzhao slowly approached Jiang Ning, his expression was serious and cautious, as if he was doing the most important thing in the world.

She stared intently at Mu Jingzhao's heroic face, for a moment, she even forgot to breathe.

She no longer has the time to care about what the palace people think or think.

The knuckle-boned hand had already reached Jiang Ning's hair, and she even felt the temperature of Mu Jingzhao's fingertips.

Jiang Ning widened his eyes and backed away again and again, "Don't even think about it! I can never buy this thing back at double the price!"

(End of this chapter)